I am not a writer nor a politician or a political analyst. I am just a mere human being happen to exist in the realm of political arena. I knew nothing about politics in the past and not even now. But I am compelled to put forth how I live as Bhutan gears towards the Second
Parliamentary Elections on 13 July 2013.
By profession, I am a humble civil servant who is there to serve the people and nation with commitment and loyalty and political neutral. The law says all civil servants are apolitical and so do I. But I am still a voter and my vote could make a difference not on 13 July but for the next five years. That makes me think what should I do, who should I vote and why should I vote? who should I vote? and so on and so forth.
By human value and birth, I am a son of a soil, who toiled through my life with ups and downs. And that gives me a reason to understand and make my decision not with emotions and attachments but with firmness and reason to elect the most deserving candidate. When I say deserving, I mean not what the candidate deserves but the what people deserve for the next five years.
As I look through the prism of my journey for the last five years and first primary elections ever held in Bhutan, I am made to understand one peculiar thing about politics. I see that politics is something the most unpredictable neither by the best astrologer we have nor by the best science or analyst. It does not recognize prestige of academic excellence, not money nor power nor relations. It does not recognize the medals the candidates win during their carrier, does not count the years of experience or give preference to any gender or even the post one held before joining politics.
That is why some describe politics as crazy journey, some describe a dirty and yet some describe as the people's choice. What ever the reasons may be, for me, politics is a tool that will teach us the real essence of impermanence, it teaches us not how to lean on our medals and qualifications, designations and experience nor power and relations. But it teaches us how to accept defeat even with the best chances you may think, be able to make sacrifices in life, be able to sit on not where we wish but what majority wants you, a minister, an honourble member or a mere human being upon the declaration of election results.
Parliamentary Elections on 13 July 2013.
By profession, I am a humble civil servant who is there to serve the people and nation with commitment and loyalty and political neutral. The law says all civil servants are apolitical and so do I. But I am still a voter and my vote could make a difference not on 13 July but for the next five years. That makes me think what should I do, who should I vote and why should I vote? who should I vote? and so on and so forth.
By human value and birth, I am a son of a soil, who toiled through my life with ups and downs. And that gives me a reason to understand and make my decision not with emotions and attachments but with firmness and reason to elect the most deserving candidate. When I say deserving, I mean not what the candidate deserves but the what people deserve for the next five years.
As I look through the prism of my journey for the last five years and first primary elections ever held in Bhutan, I am made to understand one peculiar thing about politics. I see that politics is something the most unpredictable neither by the best astrologer we have nor by the best science or analyst. It does not recognize prestige of academic excellence, not money nor power nor relations. It does not recognize the medals the candidates win during their carrier, does not count the years of experience or give preference to any gender or even the post one held before joining politics.
That is why some describe politics as crazy journey, some describe a dirty and yet some describe as the people's choice. What ever the reasons may be, for me, politics is a tool that will teach us the real essence of impermanence, it teaches us not how to lean on our medals and qualifications, designations and experience nor power and relations. But it teaches us how to accept defeat even with the best chances you may think, be able to make sacrifices in life, be able to sit on not where we wish but what majority wants you, a minister, an honourble member or a mere human being upon the declaration of election results.
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